Sophia Smith
Banded Kokopu
Hey. Im sophia, and today the topic is about the small but magnificent Banded kokopu.
You can find this fish on the beds of rivers and streams mainly under large rocks. The locations that have said to be found are mainly the Chatham and Rakiura island in the north part of new zealand.
The banded Kokopu is 20 cm as well as getting up to 25cm long. One of its best features are its snake skin pattern on its back although some of these fish have more of a leopard pattern and its belly is pale as well as its fins. Some that have been spotted are said to look like tiny eels.
Their Life cycle starts off as little eggs placed around plants which is in the estuary part of the water, then the eggs turn into Larvae which are in the deep part of the sea, then to whitebait which is placed in the Estuary part again, then turn into Banded Kokopu which swim in the fresh shallow water parts.
The Banded Kokopu feeds off insects that fall into the water. How they breath is by swallowing water then pump it over their gills.
The Banded Kokopu is one of our many stream creatures.
Do you want to help our insects and fish?
Do you want the Banded Kokopu to stay alive?
Do you want to help them in any way you can?
Do you?
1.Dish soap=This contains the chemical triclosan. This chemical can cause infertility, early puberty, and other hormone disorders in animals
2.Golf balls= they look like eggs and fish like eating them so they will eat the ball which is bad for there insides.
3.Medications= When you take a pill, the body breaks it down and gets absorbed into the bloodstream. Whatever parts aren’t absorbed into our blood gets converted into water soluble particles that get excreted in urine which goes into the sewage system. Anxiety, anti-depressants, and birth control pills have been found in nearly all public waters. This makes the fish act quite strange, as if they are on drugs them self.
One word.
Pollution!
We have rubbish bins for a reason!
Thankyou.
Websites used: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/5-weird-ways-our-products-affect-animals/
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